Shoe and method for controlling the shoe

ABSTRACT

A shoe and a method for controlling the shoe are provided. The shoe includes a vamp and a sole. The vamp is coupled to the sole, and the vamp and the sole form cooperatively a shoe chamber receiving a foot of a wearer. The shoe further includes a controller and, a communication unit, which are arranged on the vamp or the sole, and a first pressure sensor arranged on the vamp. The controller is electrically connected with the communication unit and the pressure sensor. The first pressure sensor is operated to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller. The shoe is communicated with a user terminal device by the communication unit. The user terminal device is operated to display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp according to the pressure data.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a National Phase of International ApplicationNumber PCT/CN2016/082677, filed May 19, 2016.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a shoe, more particularly to a shoecapable of detecting a pressure of a vamp and a method for controllingthe shoe.

BACKGROUND

Shoes are daily necessities. Whether a pair of the shoes fit a wearerdirectly affects the wearer's comfort, and even affects health of thewearer. Currently, when people try on shoes, they usually rely onsubjective feeling to judge whether the shoes fit the feet, butsometimes the subjective feeling is not reliable, and the purchasedshoes are often unfit. Especially for children, because of insufficientexpression ability, the purchased shoes for children often do not fitthe feet. However, if the children wear the unfit shoes for a long time,it may easily lead to a problem in children's feet development.

In addition, in different occasions, people often have different needsfor shoes. For example, jogging shoes need softer soles to providebetter cushioning for the feet during jogging, while hiking shoes needharder soles to relieve a discomfort caused by the ruggedness of amountain road. When people stay at home or in the office, because of thesmall amount of exercise, it is possible to wear shoes with relativelyloose vamps and relatively soft soles to obtain good comfort. However,the performance of the shoes has been determined at the completion ofproduction, thus causing the shoes only applied to a specific occasion.

SUMMARY

In view of the above problems in the prior art, embodiments of thepresent disclosure provide a shoe; a pressure sensor is arranged on avamp to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp, thus effectivelypreventing the tight vamp from reducing the wearing comfort and evenharming the health of the feet.

In addition, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a methodfor controlling the shoe.

A shoe includes a vamp and a sole coupled to the vamp, cooperativelyforming a shoe chamber. The shoe further includes a controller and acommunication unit, which are arranged on the vamp or the sole, and afirst pressure sensor arranged on the vamp; the controller iselectrically connected with the communication unit and the firstpressure sensor; the first pressure sensor is operated to detect apressure on a preset area of the vamp, and output corresponding pressuredata to the controller; the shoe is communicated with a user terminaldevice by the communication unit; the user terminal device is operatedto display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp according to thepressure data.

A method for controlling a shoe includes:

detecting, by a pressure sensor, a pressure on a preset area of a vamp,and generating corresponding pressure data;sending, by a communication unit, the pressure data to a user terminaldevice; and receiving, by the terminal device, the pressure data sent bythe communication unit, and displaying the pressure on the preset areaof the vamp.

A pressure sensor is arranged on a vamp of a shoe, thus detecting apressure on a preset area of the vamp, and generating correspondingpressure data, and transmitting the pressure data to a user terminaldevice by a communication unit. The pressure of the preset area of thevamp may be visually displayed by the user terminal device, thuseffectively preventing the tight vamp from reducing the wearing comfortand even harming the health of the feet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosuremore clearly, the accompanying drawings required for describing theembodiments will be briefly described below.

FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view from a first perspective view of ashoe provided by one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view of a second perspective view ofthe shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a graph interface of a user terminaldevice for controlling the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a vamp of the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a touch operation of the user terminaldevice for controlling the shoe of FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating direction of the touchoperation of the shoe of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the shoe of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional structural view of the vamp of the shoe ofFIG. 7, taken along the line of A1-A2.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing another state of the cross-sectionalstructure of the vamp shown in FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view showing an air hole of the vampin an open state of FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of the air hole of the vamp in aclosed state of FIG. 1.

FIG. 12 is another schematic structural view of a shoe provided byanother exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a sole of the shoe of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is another schematic structural view of the sole of the shoe ofFIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a shoe provided by anexemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand thesolutions of the present disclosure, the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completelydescribed below with reference to the accompanying drawings in theembodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the describedembodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person ofordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the presentdisclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protectionscope of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in one exemplary embodiment of thepresent disclosure, a shoe 10 is provided, including a vamp 11 and asole 12. The vamp 11 is coupled to the sole 12. The vamp 11 and the sole12 form cooperatively a shoe chamber 13 receiving a foot of a wearer.The shoe 10 further includes a controller 14 and a communication unit15, which are arranged on the vamp 11 or the sole 12, and a pressuresensor 16 at least arranged on the vamp 11. In the embodiment, thepressure sensor 16 is defined as a first pressure sensor. The controller14 is electrically connected with the communication unit 15 and thepressure sensor 16. The communication unit 15 is operated to communicatewith a user terminal device 100 (as shown in FIG. 3). The pressuresensor 16 is operated to detect a pressure on a preset area of the vamp11, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller 14. Thecontroller 14 is operated to process the pressure data, and send theprocessed pressure data to the user terminal device 100 by thecommunication unit 15. As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal device 100is operated to display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11according to the pressure data. It will be appreciated that, the userterminal device 100 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, acomputer, or the like. The communication unit 15 may be Bluetooth,Wi-Fi, a second generation mobile communication technology (2G), a thirdgeneration mobile communication technology (3G), a fourth generationmobile communication technology (4G), a fifth generation mobilecommunication technology (5G), or the like.

In the embodiment, preset areas of the vamp 11 may include a top area1101, a first side area 1102, a second side area 1103, a toe cap area1104, and an upper area 1105. The pressure sensor 16 may be arranged onan inner surface of each preset area of the vamp 11. Therefore, when thewearer puts on the shoes 10, the pressure on each preset area of thevamp 11, that is, the pressure applied to the wearer on each preset areaof the vamp 11, may be detected by the pressure sensor 16. Furthermore,the pressure sensor 16 converts the detected pressure on the presetareas of the vamp 11 into the corresponding pressure data, outputs thepressure data to the controller 14, and transmits the pressure data tothe user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15, thusdisplaying the pressure of each preset area of the vamp 11 by the userterminal device 100. It will be appreciated that, the user terminaldevice 100 may pre-store a graph of the shoe 10. At the same time, theuser terminal device 100 may also run a specific application, and invokeand display the pre-stored graph of the shoe 10 by the application. Theshoe 10 is communicated with the user terminal device 100 by thecommunication unit 15. When the user terminal device 100 displays thepre-stored graph of the shoe 10 by the specific application, accordingto the received pressure data sent by the communication unit 15, theuser terminal device 100 displays the pressure on each preset area ofthe vamp 11 in real time on the graph. In the embodiment, the userterminal device 100 displays different color pressure indicators,labeled the corresponding reference numerals 101, 102, 104, and 105 asshown in FIG. 3 on each preset area of the vamp 11 to distinguishdifferent pressures on an area of the graph corresponding to each presetarea of the vamp 11, thus displaying intuitively the pressure on eachpreset area of the vamp 11.

In detail, a preset normal pressure range of each preset area of thevamp 11 may be stored in the user terminal device 100, or set by thewearer according to her/his own situation by the specific application.When the pressure data of a certain preset area (for example, the toparea 1101) received by the user terminal device 100 is greater than anupper limit of the normal pressure range, the area of the graphcorresponding to the preset area displays a red pressure indicator. Whenthe pressure data of the preset area within the normal pressure range oris less than a lower limit of the normal pressure range, the area of thegraph corresponding to the preset area displays a green pressureindicator, such as the pressure indicator 101 as shown in FIG. 3. Itwill be appreciated that, the user terminal device 100 may also displaya corresponding prompt text on an area of the graph corresponding to thepreset area to indicate the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11,such as “pressure is too high” or “pressure is normal”.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the vamp 11 includes a pressure sensor layer111, a deformation material layer 113, and an epidermal layer 115, whichare sequentially stacked from inside to outside. The pressure sensor 16is arranged in the pressure sensor layer 111. The deformation materiallayer 113 is electrically connected with the controller 14. Thecontroller 14 is further operated to deform the deformation materiallayer 113 to adjust a shape of the vamp 11 according to the pressures onthe different preset areas of the vamp 11. The deformation materiallayer 113 is made from one or more materials of a memory metal material,a dielectric elastic material, an electroactive polymer material or anelectrostrictive material. Different current values may be supplied tothe deformation material layer 113 by the controller 14, such that thedeformation material layer 113 may be stretched or contracted to changethe pressure of the vamp 11 corresponding to the preset area. It will beappreciated that, the controller 14 may include a storage unit operatedto store the preset normal pressure range of each preset area of thevamp 11. When the controller 14 receives the pressure data of a certainpreset area, the pressure data may be compared with the preset normalpressure range. If the pressure data are within the normal pressurerange or less than a lower limit of the normal pressure range, a currentstate of the vamp 11 would keep unchanged, that is, the controller 14does not change the current supplied to the deformation material layer113. If the pressure data are greater than an upper limit of the normalpressure range, the pressure of the preset area is too high, thecontroller 14 may increase the current supplied to the deformationmaterial layer 113, and the larger current would increase a applicationof the deformation material layer 113, thereby changing the shape of thevamp 11 corresponding to the preset area until the pressure data of thepreset area is within the normal pressure range. It will be appreciatedthat, the pressure sensor 16 may be a pressure sensor film integrallyarranged on an inner surface of the vamp 11, or a pressure sensor arrayformed by a plurality of separate pressure sensors connected together bya wire. The deformation material layer 113 may be formed by a pluralityof electrostrictive wires arranged in a specific direction.

As illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, the deformation materiallayer 113 includes a first deformation portion 1131, a seconddeformation portion 1132, a third deformation portion 1133, a fourthdeformation portion 1134, and a fifth deformation portion 1135. Thefirst deformation portion 1131 is arranged in the top area 1101 of thevamp 11, and extended along a lateral direction of the vamp 11. Thesecond deformation portion 1132 is arranged in the first side area 1102of the vamp 11, and extended along a longitudinal extension of the vamp11. The third deformation portion 1133 is arranged in the second sidearea 1103 of the vamp 11, and extended along the longitudinal directionof the vamp 11. The fourth deformation portion 1134 is arranged in thetoe cap area 1104 of the vamp 11, and extended along the lateraldirection of the vamp 11. The fifth deformation portion 1135 is arrangedin the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11, and extended along a bendingdirection of the upper area 1105. The deformation portion 1134 of thetoe cap area 1104 is different from the deformation portion 1135 of theupper area 1105 in extending direction, that is, the extending directionof the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 is differentfrom the extending direction of the deformation portion 1135 of theupper area 1105. The deformation portion 1311 of the top area 1101 isconsistent with the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 inextending direction, that is, the extending direction of the deformationportion 1131 of the top area 1101 is consistent with the extendingdirection of the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104. Thedeformation portion 1132 or 1133 of each side area 1102 or 1103 isdifferent from the deformation portion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 orthe deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105 in extendingdirection, that is, the extending direction of the deformation portion1132 or 1133 of each of the first side area 1102 or the second side area1103 is different from the extending direction of the deformationportion 1134 of the toe cap area 1104 or the deformation portion 1135 ofthe upper area 1105.

The first deformation portion 1131, the second deformation portion 1132,the third deformation portion 1133, the fourth deformation portion 1134,and the fifth deformation portion 1135 are separated from each other,and electrically connected with the controller 14 respectively, and arecontrolled by the controller 14 separately. The first deformationportion 1131 is operated to adjust a shape of the top area 1101 of thevamp 11. The second deformation portion 1132 and the third deformationportion 1133 are operated to adjust a shape of the first side area 1102of the vamp 11 and a shape of the second side area 1103 of the vamp 11respectively. The fourth deformation portion 1135 is operated to adjusta shape of the toe cap area 1104 of the vamp 11. The fifth deformationportion 1135 is operated to adjust a shape of the upper area 1105 of thevamp 11.

In the embodiment, the first deformation portion 1131 and the fourthdeformation portion 1134 include respectively a plurality ofelectrostrictive members 113 a and 113 d distributed at intervals inlandscape orientation of the vamp 11. The second deformation portion1132 and the third deformation portion 1133 include respectively aplurality of electrostrictive members 113 b and 113 c distributed atintervals in portrait orientation of the vamp 11. The fifth deformationportion 1135 includes a plurality of electrostrictive members 113 edistributed at intervals in a bending orientation of the upper area1105. Each of the electrostrictive members 113 a, 113 b, 113 c, 113 d,and 113 e is controlled by the controller 14 separately. The landscapeorientation of the vamp 11 is left-right orientation along the vamp 11when the shoes 10 are worn on the wearer's feet. The portraitorientation of the vamp 11 is up-down orientation along a side surfaceof the vamp 11. The plurality of electrostrictive members of eachdeformation portion are arranged in parallel.

It will be appreciated that, when the shoe 10 is communicated with theuser terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15, the wearer mayalso manually control a pressure on each preset area of the vamp 11 bythe user terminal device 100. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the userterminal device 100 may display a graph of the shoe 10. When the wearerputs on the shoes 10 and a pressure of a certain preset area (forexample, the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11) isstill high after controlling automatically the pressure on each presetarea of the vamp 11 by the controller 14, a position of the graphcorresponding to the top area 1101 or the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11is subjected to a stretch touch operation to trigger the controller 14to stretch the first deformation portion 1131 of the top area 1101 orthe fifth deformation portion 1135 of the upper area 1105, thus reducingthe pressure on the feet imposed by the top area 1101 or the upper area1105 of the vamp 11. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the first side area 1102,the toe cap area 1104, and the second side area 1103 (as shown in FIG.2) of the vamp 11 maybe manually operated by a stretch touch operationon corresponding position of the graph to adjust the pressure.Directions of the stretch touch operation of each preset area of thevamp 11 are as defined by arrows shown in FIG. 6, that is, thedirections of the stretch touch operation of each preset area areperpendicular to a surface of the stretched preset area, and extend in adirection away from the preset area. It will be appreciated that, thewearer may also operate a contract touch operation on the position ofthe graph corresponding to the preset area to trigger the controller 14to contract the preset area, thus increasing the pressure of the presetarea. The direction of the contract touch operation is opposite to thedirection of the stretch touch operation.

In the embodiment, the graph of the shoe 10 is displayed by the userterminal device 100. The deformation portion of a preset area of thevamp 11 may be stretched or contracted by the controller 14, when thepreset area corresponding to a stretch touch operation or contract touchoperation is operated on a position of the graph corresponding to thepreset area; thus the wearer may controlling the pressure on each presetarea of the vamp 11 according to her/his own situation. For example,when the instep of the wearer suffers injure, and the pressure of thetop area 1101 of the vamp 11 is controlled by the controller 14 withinthe preset normal pressure range, the instep of the wearer may stillfeel discomfort. At this time, the wearer may manually stretch the firstdeformation portion 1131 of the top area 1101 by the user terminaldevice 100, thus further reducing a pressure on the instep imposed bythe first deformation portion 1131, and preventing the top area 1101 ofthe vamp 11 from pressing on the injured instep to aggravate the injury.For another example, when a heel of the wearer is scratched byhigh-heeled shoes, and the wearer puts on the shoes 10 provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure, the fifth deformation portion 1135of the upper area 1105 of the vamp 11 may be manually controlled by theuser terminal device 100, thus preventing the upper area 1105 fromcontacting with the heel to relieve pain. It will be appreciated that,in order to prevent the wearer from hurt caused by an excessive pressureof the vamp 11 due to an erroneous operation while manually controllingthe user terminal device 100, a corresponding maximum pressure thresholdmay be set for each preset area of the vamp 11. When the controller 14determines that the pressure detected by the pressure sensor 16 reachesthe maximum pressure threshold, the controller 14 may reject a contractcommand corresponding to the contract touch operation of the wearer, andmay trigger the user terminal device 100 to raise an alarm. For example,when a current pressure exceeds the maximum pressure threshold, thewearer may be prompted by a text or a voice, thus prompting the wearerto stop the corresponding touch operation, and preventing the feet ofthe wearer from hurt.

As illustrated in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the shoe10 provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, andFIG. 8 is a cross-sectional structural view of the top area 1101 of thevamp 11 of the shoe 10 shown in FIG. 7, taken along the line of A1-A2.The first deformation portion 1131 is arranged in the top area 1101 ofthe vamp 11, and includes a plurality of electrostrictive members 113 adistributed at intervals in landscape orientation of the sole 11. Theelectrostrictive members 113 a are substantially an arc shape, andarranged at intervals in the top area 1101 of the vamp 11. When thewearer needs to reduce the pressure on the instep imposed by the toparea 1101 of the vamp 11, the first deformation portion 1131 of the toparea 1101 of the vamp 11 may be controlled manually through a stretchtouch operation on a corresponding position of the graph of the shoe 10displayed on the user terminal device 100, thus reducing the pressure onthe instep imposed by the top area 1101 of the vamp 11. In detail, afterthe user terminal device 100 receives the stretch touch operation on thetop area 1101 of the vamp 11 from a user, the stretch touch operationmay be converted into a corresponding control command, and may be sentto the communication unit 15 of the shoe 10. The control command decodedby the communication unit 15 may be sent to the controller 14. Thecontroller 14 adjusts the current supplied to the electrostrictivemember 113 a according to the control command to trigger and thusstretch the electrostrictive member 113 a, thus increasing a curvatureof the arc shape of the top area 1101 of the vamp 11 under the supportof the electrostrictive member 113 a, as shown in FIG. 9, and therebyreducing a pressure on the instep imposed by the top area 1101 of thevamp 1114. The controller 14 adjusts the current supplied to theelectrostrictive member 113 a according to the control command totrigger and thus stretch the electrostrictive member 113 a, thusincreasing a curvature of the arc shape of the top area 1101 of the vampunder the support of the electrostrictive member 113 a, as shown in FIG.9, and thereby reducing a pressure on the instep imposed by the top area1101 of the vamp 11.

As illustrated in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the vamp 11 further includes atleast one air hole array 117. The air hole array 117 includes aplurality of air holes 1171 arranged at intervals. A deformation band119 is arranged on a position of the deformation material layer 113corresponding to the air hole array 117. A width of the deformation band119 is substantially greater than or equal to a diameter of the air hole1171. Both ends of the deformation band 119 are arranged respectively ontwo opposite ends of the air hole array 117, and are located at an axisof the plurality of air holes 1171. The deformation band 119 iselectrically connected with the controller 14 (as shown in FIG. 1), andis operated to shield or expose the air holes 1171 under the control ofthe controller 14. In detail, when the deformation band 119 is stretchedunder the control of the controller 14, the air holes 1171 are exposed,as shown in FIG. 10. When the deformation band 119 is contracted underthe control of the controller 14, the air holes 1171 are shielded, asshown in FIG. 10. In the embodiment, the diameter of the air hole 1171may be substantially between 0.1 and 2 mm.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, the shoe 10 may further include a rainwatersensor 17 arranged on the vamp 11. The rainwater sensor 17 iselectrically connected with the controller 14, and is operated to sensethe amount of rainwater on the vamp 11 and output the correspondingamount of rainwater data to the controller 14. The controller 14 isfurther operated to deform the deformation band 119 to shield or exposethe air holes 1171 according to the amount of rainwater. For example,when the controller 14 determines that the amount of rainwater isgreater than a preset rainwater amount threshold, the deformation band119 is controlled to shield the air hole 1171 to prevent the rainwaterfrom entering an inside of the shoe 10. When the controller 14determines that the amount of rainwater is less than or equal to thepreset rainwater amount threshold, the deformation belt 119 iscontrolled to expose the air holes 1171, thus ensuring a good gaspermeability of the shoe 10.

As illustrated in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the sole 12 includes a firstdeformation material layer 121 and a second deformation material layer123. The first deformation material layer 121 and the second deformationmaterial layer 123 are arranged at intervals. Both of the firstdeformation material layer 121 and the second deformation material layer123 are connected with the controller 14 (as shown in FIG. 1)electrically. The controller 14 is further operated to deform the firstdeformation material layer 121 and/or the second deformation materiallayer 123 to adjust a shape and size of the sole 12.

In detail, the first deformation material layer 121 includes a pluralityof first electrostrictive strips 1211 distributed at intervals inlandscape orientation of the sole 12. The first electrostrictive strips1211 are operated to adjust a width of the sole 12. The seconddeformation material layer 123 includes a plurality of secondelectrostrictive strips 1231 distributed at intervals in portraitorientation of the sole 12. The second electrostrictive strips 1231 areoperated to adjust a length of the sole 12. Each first electrostrictivestrip 1211 and each second electrostrictive strip 1231 are separatelycontrolled by the controller 14. In the embodiment, the firstelectrostrictive strips 1211 and the second electrostrictive strips 1231are substantially of linear strip shapes, and respectively located indifferent layers. The landscape orientation of the sole 12 is defined asa width orientation between a left side of the sole 12 and a right sideof the sole 12, and the portrait orientation of the sole 12 is definedas a length direction between a toe cap and a heel of the sole 12.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, in an alternative embodiment, the sole 12 maybe made from a hardness variable material. For example, the sole 12 mayinclude a sealed capsule (not shown). The sealed capsule is filled withelectrorheological fluid. The sole 12 is electrically connected with thecontroller 14. The pressure sensor 16 may also be arranged on the sole12. In the embodiment, the pressure sensor 16 is defined as a secondpressure sensor. The pressure sensor 16 is operated to detect a pressureon the sole 12, and output corresponding pressure data to the controller14. The controller 14 is further operated to vary the hardness variablematerial to adjust the hardness of the sole 12 according to the changeof the pressure on the sole 12. When the pressure sensor 16 detects thata pressure difference between different parts of the sole 12 is high,the controller 14 determines that the wearer may walk on a mountainroad, and the controller 14 may adjust a current supplied for theelectrorheological fluid, thus increasing the hardness of the sole 12,offsetting the stimulation to a wearer's sole from the gravel on themountain road, and thereby improving the comfort of the wearer whilewalking on the mountain road.

In addition, the shoe 10 further includes a motion sensor 18 arranged onthe vamp 11 or the sole 12. The motion sensor 18 is electricallyconnected with the controller 14. The motion sensor 18 is operated tomonitor a movement state of the wearer, and the controller 14 is furtheroperated deform the deformation material layer 113 to adjust the shapeof the vamp 11 and/or vary the hardness variable material to adjust thehardness of the sole 12. For example, the motion sensor 18 may be aspeed sensor or an acceleration sensor. When the motion sensor 18detects that the wearer is currently moving at high speed or speedingup, the controller 14 may contract the vamp 11, thus increasing awearing stability. The motion sensor 18 may be a position sensor, suchas a GPS, and the position sensor may detect a current position of thewearer, thus triggering the controller 14 vary the hardness variablematerial to adjust the hardness of the sole 12 according to thedifferent positions. For example, when the position sensor detects thatthe wearer is currently at home, the hardness of the sole 12 is reducedand the vamp 11 is stretched, thus enhancing the wearing comfort.

It will be appreciated that, the motion sensor 18 may also be a distancesensor, an angle sensor, or the like. The distance sensor may detect adistance between the sole 12 and a ground. When the distance remainsunchanged for a long time, indicating that the wearer may stay in astatic state, the controller 14 reduces the hardness of the sole 12 andstretches the vamp 11, thus enhancing the wearing comfort. The anglesensor may detect an angle of the sole 12 relative to a horizontalplane. When the detected angle of the sole 12 relative to the horizontalplane is continuously greater than a predetermined angle, indicatingthat the wearer may be in mountain climbing, the controller 14 maycontract the vamp 11, and increase the hardness of the sole 12, thusensuring the wearing stability and a good filterability. It will beappreciated that, the hardness of the sole 12 may also be manuallycontrolled by the user terminal device 100, that is, the communicationunit 15 may further be operated to receive a control command of thehardness of the sole 12 sent by the user terminal device 100, and thecontroller 14 may further be operated to vary the hardness variablematerial to adjust the hardness of the sole 12 according to the controlcommand of the hardness of the sole 12.

As illustrated in FIG. 15, a method for controlling a shoe 10 isprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method forcontrolling the shoe includes the following operations.

At block S11, a pressure on a preset area of a vamp is detected by apressure sensor, and corresponding pressure data are generated.

At block S13, the pressure data are sent to a user terminal device by acommunication unit.

At block S15, the user terminal device receives the pressure data sentby the communication unit, and displays the pressure on the preset areaof the vamp.

The pressure on the preset area of the vamp is displayed as follows. Agraph of the shoe is displayed by a graphical interface. The differentpressures on the preset area of the vamp are displayed on the graphicalinterface by different colors.

The method for controlling the shoe further includes the followingoperations. A touch operation of the graph is received, and acorresponding control command is generated according to the touchoperation. The control command is received by the communication unit.The deformation material layer of the vamp is controlled to deform toadjust a shape of the vamp.

A touch operation of the graph is received, and a corresponding controlcommand is generated according to the touch operation as follows. Astretch touch operation or contract touch operation of the graphcorresponding to the preset area of the vamp is received. A controlcommand controlling the preset area of the vamp to stretch is generatedaccording to the stretch touch operation. A control command controllingthe preset area of the vamp to contract is generated according to thecontract touch operation.

A stretched direction of the stretch touch operation or a contractivedirection of the contract touch operation is vertical to an outersurface of the vamp.

The method for controlling the shoe further includes the followingoperations.

The controller determines whether the pressure of the preset area isgreater than a preset pressure threshold. When the pressure of thepreset area is greater than the preset pressure threshold the default,the deformation material layer of the vamp is controlled to deform toreduce the pressure of the preset area.

It will be appreciated that, the specific implementation of each step inthe method may also refer to the related description in the embodimentsof the shoe 10, and details are not described herein again.

A pressure sensor 16 of the shoe 10 is arranged on the vamp 11, thusdetecting the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11, and therebygenerating the corresponding pressure data and sending the pressure datato the user terminal device 100 by the communication unit 15. Therefore,the pressure on the preset area of the vamp 11 may be visually displayedby the user terminal device 100, and the tight vamp 11 may beeffectively prevented from reducing the wearing comfort and even harmingthe health of the feet. At the same time, the deformation portion formedby the deformation material layer is separately arranged in each presetarea of the vamp 11, and each deformation portion is electricallyconnected with the controller 14, thus separately controlling each thedeformation material of the deformation portion to stretch or contract,and thereby changing the pressure on the feet imposed by each presetarea of the vamp 11. The stretched or contracted magnitude of thedeformation material layer 13 is determined by the current supplied bythe controller 14. Therefore, the current supplied to the deformationmaterial layer 13 of each preset area may be automatically adjustedaccording to the preset normal pressure range, thus adjusting thepressure on the feet imposed by each preset areas of the vamp 11. Inaddition, when the shoe 10 is communicated with the user terminal device100 by the communication unit 15, the pressure on the feet imposed byeach preset areas of the vamp 11 may be adjusted by the stretch touchoperation or the contract touch operation on the corresponding positionof the graph of the shoe 10 displayed on the user terminal device 100,thus adjusting the pressure on the feet imposed by each preset areas ofthe vamp 11 according to the wearer's own needs.

The above disclosure is only preferred embodiment of the presentdisclosure, and the scope of the present disclosure is not limitedtherein, and those skilled in the art can understand all or part of theprocess of implementing the above embodiments, and according to theclaims of the present disclosure, equivalent changes are still withinthe scope of the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A shoe, comprising a vamp and a sole coupled tothe vamp, the vamp and the sole cooperatively forming a shoe chamberreceiving a foot of a wearer, wherein the shoe further comprises acontroller and a communication unit which are arranged on the vamp orthe sole, and a first pressure sensor arranged on the vamp; thecontroller is electrically connected with the communication unit and thefirst pressure sensor; the first pressure sensor is operated to detect apressure on a preset area of the vamp, and output corresponding pressuredata to the controller; the shoe is communicated with a user terminaldevice by the communication unit; the user terminal device is operatedto display the pressure on the preset area of the vamp according to thepressure data.
 2. The shoe of the claim 1, wherein the vamp comprises apressure sensor layer and a deformation material layer stackedsequentially; the first pressure sensor is arranged in the pressuresensor layer; the deformation material layer is electrically connectedwith the controller; and the controller is further operated to deformthe deformation material layer to adjust a shape of the vamp accordingto the pressure on the preset area of the vamp.
 3. The shoe of the claim2, wherein the preset area of the vamp comprises a toe cap area; and thedeformation material layer comprises a deformation portion arranged inthe toe cap area.
 4. The shoe of the claim 3, wherein the preset area ofthe vamp further comprises an upper area; the deformation material layercomprises a deformation portion located in the upper area; and thedeformation portion of the toe cap area is different from thedeformation portion of the upper area in extending direction.
 5. Theshoe of the claim 4, wherein the preset area of the vamp furthercomprises a top area adjacent to and separated from the toe cap area;the deformation material layer comprises a deformation portion arrangedin the top area; and the deformation portion of the top area isconsistent with the deformation portion of the toe cap area in extendingdirection.
 6. The shoe of the claim 4, wherein the preset area of thevamp further comprises side areas located on two opposite sides of thevamp; the deformation material layer comprises deformation portionsarranged in the side areas; and the deformation portion of each sidearea is different from the deformation portion of the upper area or thetoe cap area in extending direction.
 7. The shoe of the claim 2, whereinthe vamp further comprises an air hole; a deformation band is arrangedon a position of the deformation material layer corresponding to the airhole; the deformation band is electrically connected with thecontroller; and operated to deform under control of the controller toshield or expose the air hole.
 8. The shoe of the claim 7, wherein theshoe further comprises a rainwater sensor arranged on the vamp; therainwater sensor is electrically connected with the controller; therainwater sensor is operated to sense the amount of rainwater on thevamp; and the controller is further operated to deform the deformationband to shield or expose the air hole according to the amount ofrainwater.
 9. The shoe of claim 2, wherein the sole comprises a firstdeformation material layer and a second deformation material layerspaced apart from the first deformation material layer; the firstdeformation material layer and the second deformation material layer areelectrically connected with the controller; and the controller isfurther operated to deform the first deformation material layer and/orthe second deformation material layer to adjust a shape and size of thesole.
 10. The shoe of claim 9, wherein the first deformation materiallayer comprises a plurality of first electrostrictive strips distributedat intervals in landscape orientation of the sole; the firstelectrostrictive strips are operated to adjust a width of the shoe alongthe landscape orientation; the second deformation material layercomprises a plurality of second electrostrictive strips distributed atintervals in portrait orientation of the sole; the secondelectrostrictive strips are operated to adjust a length of the shoealong the portrait orientation; and each first electrostrictive stripand each second electrostrictive strip are separately controlled by thecontroller.
 11. The shoe of claim 2, wherein the deformation materiallayer is made from one or more materials of a memory metal material, adielectric elastic material; and an electroactive polymer material or anelectrostrictive material.
 12. The shoe of claim 9, wherein the sole ismade from a hardness variable material; the sole is electricallyconnected with the controller; the shoe further comprises a secondpressure sensor arranged on the sole; the second pressure sensor isoperated to detect a pressure on the sole, and output correspondingpressure data the controller; and the controller is further operated tovary the hardness variable material to adjust a hardness of the soleaccording to a change of the pressure on the sole.
 13. The shoe of theclaim 12, wherein the shoe further comprises a motion sensor arranged onthe vamp or the sole; the motion sensor is electrically connected withthe controller; the motion sensor is operated to monitor a movementstate of a wearer; deform the deformation material layer to adjust theshape of the vamp and/or vary the hardness variable material to adjustthe hardness of the sole according to the movement state.
 14. The shoeof the claim 12, wherein the communication unit is further operated toreceive a control command sent by the user terminal device; thecontroller is further operated to deform the deformation material layerto adjust the shape of the vamp and/or vary the hardness variablematerial to adjust the hardness of the sole according to the controlcommand.
 15. A method for controlling a shoe, comprising: detecting, bya pressure sensor, a pressure on a preset area of a vamp, and generatingcorresponding pressure data; sending, by a communication unit, thepressure data to a user terminal device; receiving, by the terminaldevice, the pressure data sent by the communication unit, and displayingthe pressure on the preset area of the vamp.
 16. The method of the claim15, wherein the displaying the pressure on the preset area of the vampcomprises: displaying, by a graphical interface, a graph of the shoe;displaying the different pressures on the preset area of the vamp of thegraphical interface by different colors.
 17. The method of the claim 16,wherein the method further comprises: receiving a touch operation of thegraph, and generating a corresponding control command according to thetouch operation; receiving, by the communication unit, the controlcommand; controlling the deformation material layer of the vamp todeform to adjust a shape of the vamp.
 18. The method of the claim 17,wherein the receiving a touch operation of the graph, and generating acorresponding control command according to the touch operationcomprises: receiving a stretch touch operation or a contract touchoperation of the graph corresponding to the preset area of the vamp;generating a control command controlling the preset area of the vamp tostretch according to the stretch touch operation; or generating acontrol command controlling the preset area of the vamp to contractaccording to the contract touch operation.
 19. The method of the claim18, wherein a stretched direction of the stretch touch operation or acontractive direction of the contract touch operation is vertical to anouter surface of the vamp.
 20. The method of claim 15, wherein themethod further comprises: determining whether the pressure of the presetarea is greater than a preset pressure threshold; when the pressure ofthe preset area is greater than the preset pressure threshold thedefault, controlling the deformation material layer of the vamp todeform to reduce the pressure on the preset area.